When Joy Meets Fear

Paris never imagined how quickly happiness could turn into silence.

At 19 weeks, in a quiet exam room, she and her husband held hands as doctors spoke words that changed everything. Their baby boy, Maverick, would be born with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Joy trembled. Fear rushed in. Questions about surgeries, pain, feeding, and his future filled the air.
In that fragile moment, love stood between hope and heartbreak — choosing courage, one breath at a time.